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MICHIGAN WILDFLOWER ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT'S REPORT OF PROGRESS
January 13, 1943
The Michigan Wildflower Association was formed at the first Michigan Wildflower
Festival held at Trout Lake, Michigan, May 31, 1941. From an interested group of fifty
persons and three paid members on the above date, the Association has grown phenomenally
to a membership of 234. Organization has been perfected, a constitution adopted and the
Association incorporated as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the state of
Michigan. Responsibility for the conduction of business of the organization is vested in
the officers, an executive committee and a board of directors. The present personnel of
those groups follows:
Officers
President: Mrs. Marjorie T. Bingham, Cranbrook Institute of Science,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Vice President: Mr. C.A. Paquin, Department of Conservation, Lansing,
Michigan
Secretary-Treasurer: Mr. Phil DeGraff, Trout Lake, Michigan
Executive Committee
The President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer
Mrs. W.D. Thompson, Birmingham, Michigan
Mr. L.R. Walker, Marquette, Michigan
Mrs. F.A. Votey, Ada, Michigan
Board of Directors--elected for terms of three years
| Name, City |
Term Expires |
| Mrs. C.W. Avery, Detroit |
1943 |
| Mrs. Clifford Kirkpatrick, Adrian |
1943 |
| Mrs. W. D. Thompson, Birmingham |
1943 |
| Dr. Ernst A. Bessey, East Lansing |
1943 |
| Mr. Jens Jonson, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin |
1943 |
| Mrs. Abby Beecher Roberts, Marquette |
1943 |
| Dr. Florence Billig, Detroit |
1943 |
| Mrs. Wheelock Chamberlain, Marquette |
1944 |
| Mr. Albert Stoll, Jr., Detroit |
1944 |
| Mrs. Ruth Mosher Place, Detroit |
1944 |
| Mrs. Shirley B. Symons, Saginaw |
1944 |
| Mr. L. R. Walker, Marquette |
1944 |
| Mrs. Ormond Hunt, Detroit |
1944 |
| Mrs. F. A. Votey, Ada |
1944 |
| Mrs. Alexander Andrews, White Cloud |
1944 |
| Mr. E. A. Eichstodt, Detroit |
1945 |
| Miss Helen Martin, Lansing |
1945 |
| Mr. Clarence Messner, Grosse Pointe |
1945 |
| Mr. Walter P. Nickell, Bloomfield Hills |
1945 |
| Mrs. Carroll Paul, Marquette |
1945 |
| Mrs. Margaret Drake Elliott, Muskegon |
1945 |
The Michigan Wildflower Association is affiliated with the following important
organizations: The Michigan United Conservation Clubs, The Michigan Horticultural Council
and the National Wildflower Preservation Society.
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